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Program Stucture

American Councils for International Education offers a summer Business Russian Language and Internship (BRLI) Program that features a specially designed curriculum focusing on the language of Russian business with an internship averaging fifteen hours per week in a multinational company, business, non-governmental organization, charity, or government agency in Russia.

Students have the option of studying in one of three locations:

• The Moscow International University: Moscow International is the first accredited private universityin the post-Soviet Russian federation. It specializes in the teaching of foreign languages, economics, finance, management, ecology and sociology. The American Councils places students in the university's department of Russian as a foreign language.
  
• The Russian State Pedagogical (Gertsen) University in St. Petersburg: Located just behind the Kazan Cathedral in downtown St. Petersburg, the Gertsen University is one of the leading educational institutions in all of Russia. The American Councils places students in the Department of Russian as a Foreign Language.
  
• The CORA Center for Russian Language Study: CORA faculty members are specially trained in the instruction of Russian as a foreign language and many have extensive teaching experience in the U.S. Vladimir is three-hour train ride from Moscow. One of Russia 's oldest cities, it is part of the historic "Golden Ring."

Courses

The highly individualized academic program can be tailored to serve students ranging from intermediate to heritage speakers of Russian. All levels of instruction provide twelve to fifteen hours of in-class contact, either in private tutorials or small groups. Students are placed according to proficiency level in groups of three-to-five for language classes. All area-studies and literature courses are conducted in Russian. Tutoring opportunities are also available to interested students